Gustave lebrun and fernand cornaille



(No Model.)

BURNER FOR AUETYLBNE OR OTHER GASES.

No. 605,886; Patented June 21,1898.

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BURNER FOR ACETYLENE OR OTHER GASES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,886, dated June 21,1898.

application filed October 5, 1897. Serial No. 654,102. (No model.)Patented in France March 4, 1897, No. 264,662, and in Belgium March6,189'7,No.126,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUSTAVE LEBRUN and FERNAND CORNAILLE, of the cityof Paris, France, have invented a Burner for Acetylene or other GasesRich in Carbon, (for which we have obtained Letters Patent in France forfifteen years,dated March 4, 1897,No. 264,662, and in Belgium forfifteen years, dated March 5, 1897, No. 126,739,) of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to'a burner which is more particularly designedfor burning acetylene gas, but adapted also as a burner for other gasesrich in carbon.

The invention has for its object to avoid the heating of the burnerduring combustion of the gas and to prevent the accumulation of carbondeposits at the base of the flame.

The invention isillu'strated, by way of eX- ample, in the accompanyingdrawings, in which 7 Figure 1 represents an elevation, and Fig. 2 avertical section, of our improved burner, drawn on an enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference denote like parts in both figures.

Ct is the burner or nipple, which is preferably made of opal glass setin a metal socket b, as shown. Glass is chosen as the material for theburner on account of its being a poor conductor of heat, and preferenceis given to White opal glass in order to lessen the radiation of heat.It is, however, to be understood that the burner may be made of anyother kind of glass, or of enamel, or of other material possessing thesame properties.

The extremity of the burner is made of parabolic form, as shown, to aidin the reflection of the heat-rays. The orifice c for the emission ofthe gas presents externally the form of a hollow cone or crater withrounded edges, the object being to prevent the accumulation of carbon,and the walls of the nose of the burner, at the center of which is theorifice, are made of less thickness, as

b has a central hole d, which acts as a moderator and insures theinterior of the burner being kept clean or free from deposit. It

will be obvious that the means of fixing the burner in its socket may bevaried Without in any Way changing the nature of the invention.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declarethat what we claim is- A burner for acetylene gas and other gases richin carbon, consisting of a hollow cylindrical body having thin walls,and made of a material which is a poor conductor of heat, and having itsupper rounded extremity made of paraboloidal form and provided with anemission-orifice for the gas made trumpet shaped on the exterior androunded on the interior, the walls of the nose of the burner at thecenter of which is the orifice being made of less thickness,so that theheating of the burner during combustion and the accumulation of carbondeposits are minimized, said burner being sealed in a metal sockethaving a central perforation at its base to act as a moderator andinsure the interior of the burner being kept clean and free fromdeposit.

The foregoing specification of our burner for acetylene and other gasesrich in carbon signed by us this 16th day of September, 1897.

GUSTAVE LEBRU-N; FERNAND OORNAILLE. \Vitnesses:

EDWARD P. MAOLEAN, MAURICE HENRI PIGNET.

